Within the work-sharing and cooperative process of socialist teamwork the organisation of work is a deduced essential condition (function) as well as an active influencing element of the management. It intends to make the collective fit to master a common task. Based on general scientific aspects of leadership some principles of organisation in an outpatients' department for pulmonary diseases and tuberculosis (German abbreviature: PALT) are explained, which also can be of advantage for other institutions of public health, if they are used ingeniously.